Dr. Michael Schlossmacher, who received the Grimes Research Career Achievement Award from The Ottawa Hospital on Oct. 28, resolved early in his career to never accept medical dogmas without questioning them and investigating opposing ideas. This approach has led to many surprising and important discoveries.

France Todd, whose liver cancer came out of the blue, was part of a pilot study to reduce the amount of blood patients lose during liver surgery and limit their need for blood transfusions.

Becky Hollingsworth took part in a research study that is changing how asthma is diagnosed around the world. Not every research study has this kind of impact, but all are supposed to at least contribute to scientific knowledge. Unfortunately, some don’t, because they aren’t published in a way that allows others to build on the data. Researchers are tackling the problem.

A small percentage of people who faint suffer from serious medical conditions that are difficult to catch, which is why a new monitoring system is saving lives.

Elizabeth Fraser jokes that she had one of the world’s most-planned pregnancies. Six months before she became pregnant, the midwife sat down with experts at The Ottawa Hospital to figure out how to reduce her risk of potentially dangerous blood clots.

Dr. Bernard Thébaud and his team are hoping to harness stem cells from umbilical cords to treat chronic lung diseases in extremely premature babies like Olivia Eberts.